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Good Thursday morning. In today’s edition of Your Daily Phil, we report on the Nazarian family rejecting calls for UCLA to shutter the Israel studies center that it funds, and feature an opinion piece by Daniel Smokler about the “Jewish journey” versus the “Jewish homecoming.” Also in...
Steven M. Cohen speaks at the Stanford University humanities center in 2016. (YouTube screenshot) NEW YORK — Female Jewish studies scholars remain irate that Steven M. Cohen, an admitted sexual harasser and disgraced scholar, was guest-starring in invitation-only Zoom gatherings with fellow scholars. Cohen, who was forced out of his tenured position at Hebrew Union College in 2018 after allegations of sexual assault and harassment, has never refuted the allegations. While stripped of all official titles, roles and affiliations with Jewish and academic institutions, he has never faced crimin...